James von Brunn

Dylann Roof seemed to be wandering through this small suburb with a set of racist views and little else: no school, no friends, no clique with which to associate.

Law enforcement agents are now trying to figure out how and why this 21-year-old man transformed his alienation into calculated rage — an attack in which Roof is accused of killing nine African-Americans at a church Wednesday. Not only did he drive two hours from his home, but he also spent an hour praying with his victims, authorities say.

So far, the portrait they are drawing of Roof is that of a "lone wolf," someone disconnected from traditional hate or terrorist groups, who looked online for his...

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